Questões de Concurso

Instruction: Question refer to the texts below.

“Identities can be held together by narratives, in short, without essences: you don’t get to be called ‘English’ because there’s an essence this label follows; you’re English because our rules determine that you are entitled to the label—that you are connected in the right way with a place called England. […] The story of the golden nugget suggests that we can’t help caring about the traditions of ‘the West’ because they are ours: in fact, the opposite is true. They are ours only if we care about them. A culture of liberty, tolerance, and rational inquiry: that would be a good idea. But these values represent choices to make, not tracks laid down by a Western destiny.”
(Adapted from: APPIAH, Kwame Anthony. The lies that bind: rethinking identity. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2018. p. 151-159) 

Based on Kwame Anthony Appiah’s excerpts, which statement best reflects the author’s understanding of identity?

Instruction: Question refer to the texts below.

“Identities can be held together by narratives, in short, without essences: you don’t get to be called ‘English’ because there’s an essence this label follows; you’re English because our rules determine that you are entitled to the label—that you are connected in the right way with a place called England. […] The story of the golden nugget suggests that we can’t help caring about the traditions of ‘the West’ because they are ours: in fact, the opposite is true. They are ours only if we care about them. A culture of liberty, tolerance, and rational inquiry: that would be a good idea. But these values represent choices to make, not tracks laid down by a Western destiny.”
(Adapted from: APPIAH, Kwame Anthony. The lies that bind: rethinking identity. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2018. p. 151-159) 

Which statement is NOT consistent with Appiah’s interpretation of Cavafy’s poem “Waiting for the Barbarians” mentioned above?

In English grammar, the words ending in “-ing” have different uses. Match these functions to a corresponding example in bold from the poem. 

(1) Continuous verbs
(2) Gerunds acting as nouns
(3) Adjectives

( ) “Why are the senators sitting there without legislating?” (l. 4)
( ) “Once the barbarians are here, they’ll do the legislating” (l. 7)
( ) “Why have they put on bracelets with so many amethysts, rings sparkling with magnificent emeralds?” (l. 17-18)
( ) “Now what’s going to happen to us without barbarians?” (l. 35) 
( ) “loaded with titles, with imposing names.” (l. 14)
( ) “and they’re bored by rhetoric and public speaking” (l. 26)

Select the alternative with the correct sequence from top to bottom. 

What CANNOT be implied from the poem?  

Complete the following sentence: In Translation and Language Teaching, Malmkjær (1998) discusses how translation in education has undergone a paradigm shift, according to which translation